{"id":13057,"date":"2012-04-02T06:23:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T10:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=13057"},"modified":"2012-04-02T06:23:08","modified_gmt":"2012-04-02T10:23:08","slug":"why-the-senate-is-not-planning-to-pass-a-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=13057","title":{"rendered":"Why The Senate Is Not Planning To Pass A Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"

Going on the record in an election year is not always a fun process. An article in today’s Washington Free Beacon<\/a>\u00a0points out some of the hazards to the Democrats that bringing a budget to the floor of the Senate would bring.<\/p>\n

The article points out:<\/p>\n

Pursuing a budget resolution would trigger an open amendment process\u2014often called a \u201cvote-a-rama\u201d\u2014comprising 50 hours of debate and dozens of votes on individual amendments offered by Senators.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That would allow Republicans to force simple majority votes, not subject to the standard 60-vote requirement, on individual aspects of the health care law as well as a measure to partially defund the new federal apparatus it created.<\/strong><\/p>\n

That would put Obamacare in serious jeopardy. The House of Representatives has already repealed<\/a> the unpopular bill, and the Supreme Court may do the same to Obamacare\u2019s key components.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWith the Supreme Court decision at hand, Obamacare is back in the news again, and it\u2019s still unpopular,\u201d one GOP Senate aide told the Free Beacon<\/em>. \u201cHow many Democrats in swing states want to run, essentially, on voting multiple times to support it?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

If the current members of the Senate (in either party) do not have the courage of their convictions, it is time to elect members of the Senate who do. This is ridiculous.<\/p>\n

There have already been provisions of Obamacare that Congress has repealed–the House has already repealed the entire bill, but the Senate has not. One of the tax provisions in Obamacare has been repealed by both Houses of Congress, Community Living Assistance Services and Support Program (CLASS Act<\/a>) has been repealed by the House, and the repeal of IPAB (appointed death panels) has also won support in both parties.<\/p>\n

Legally, the Senate is required to pass a budget, but I’m not holding my breath.<\/p>\n

<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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